inscenare — Italian conjugation
to stage, to produce on a stage
Indicative
Present (Presente) Regular
The presente covers habits, ongoing situations, and plans about to start — much like English “I study” and “I am studying”. One present tense does both in Italian.
Lavora da casa tre giorni a settimana.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | insceno | I stage |
| tu | insceni | you stage |
| lui/lei | inscena | he/she/it stages |
| noi | insceniamo | we stage |
| voi | inscenate | you (pl.) stage |
| loro | inscenano | they stage |
Simple past (Passato remoto) Regular
The passato remoto tells a completed, narrative past, especially in the south and in literature. The passato prossimo is the normal spoken past in the north, so you choose register and region, not a difference in time alone.
Quella sera arrivò tardi, senza alibi.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | inscenai | I staged |
| tu | inscenasti | you staged |
| lui/lei | inscenò | he/she/it staged |
| noi | inscenammo | we staged |
| voi | inscenaste | you (pl.) staged |
| loro | inscenarono | they staged |
Imperfect (Imperfetto) Regular
The imperfetto is for incomplete past actions, context, and repeated or habitual situations without a clear end. The passato prossimo, not the remoto, is its usual “event” partner in speech.
Da bambina passavo le estati al mare.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | inscenavo |
| tu | inscenavi |
| lui/lei | inscenava |
| noi | inscenavamo |
| voi | inscenavate |
| loro | inscenavano |
Conditional (Condizionale) Regular
The condizionale is for polite “would you…”, first-condition hypotheticals, and reported future from a past point of view. The classic if-chain is se + imperfetto → condizionale.
Potresti alzare un poco la voce?
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | inscenerei | I would stage |
| tu | insceneresti | you would stage |
| lui/lei | inscenerebbe | he/she/it would stage |
| noi | insceneremmo | we would stage |
| voi | inscenereste | you (pl.) would stage |
| loro | inscenerebbero | they would stage |
Future (Futuro semplice) Regular
The futuro semplice is for predictions and far decisions. In speech you often hear the present (with a time adverb) or a paraphrase, and a famous trick is the futuro di probabilità for a present guess: saranno le tre.
Domani partiremo all'alba.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | inscenerò | I will stage |
| tu | inscenerai | you will stage |
| lui/lei | inscenerà | he/she/it will stage |
| noi | insceneremo | we will stage |
| voi | inscenerete | you (pl.) will stage |
| loro | insceneranno | they will stage |
Present perfect (Passato prossimo) Regular
The passato prossimo is the workhorse preterit-like past in the north and in everyday Italian: avere/essere + participle, essere for reflexives, motion, and other change-of-state patterns.
Siamo andati a piedi, poi abbiamo preso l'autobus.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | ho inscenato | I have staged |
| tu | hai inscenato | you have staged |
| lui/lei | ha inscenato | he/she/it has staged |
| noi | abbiamo inscenato | we have staged |
| voi | avete inscenato | you (pl.) have staged |
| loro | hanno inscenato | they have staged |
Pluperfect (Trapassato prossimo) Regular
The trapassato prossimo is “further in the past than another past” — the Italian pluperfect. It pairs with a main past clause to mark sequence.
Avevamo già mangiato quando suonò il telefono.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | avevo inscenato | I had staged |
| tu | avevi inscenato | you had staged |
| lui/lei | aveva inscenato | he/she/it had staged |
| noi | avevamo inscenato | we had staged |
| voi | avevate inscenato | you (pl.) had staged |
| loro | avevano inscenato | they had staged |
Conditional perfect (Condizionale passato) Regular
The condizionale passato is for unreal or missed past results and often appears with se + trapassato prossimo in the protasis.
Avrei accettato, se mi avessero avvisato in tempo.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | avrei inscenato |
| tu | avresti inscenato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe inscenato |
| noi | avremmo inscenato |
| voi | avreste inscenato |
| loro | avrebbero inscenato |
Future perfect (Futuro anteriore) Regular
The futuro anteriore says something will already be over before a still-later future, or, like the French, can express a logical guess about a past result.
Entro le cinque, avrà già lasciato l'ufficio.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | avrò inscenato | I will have staged |
| tu | avrai inscenato | you will have staged |
| lui/lei | avrà inscenato | he/she/it will have staged |
| noi | avremo inscenato | we will have staged |
| voi | avrete inscenato | you (pl.) will have staged |
| loro | avranno inscenato | they will have staged |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Regular
The congiuntivo presente is required after many verbs and fixed phrases of will, fear, purpose, and doubt. Impersonal and semi-impersonal triggers (è importante che) also force the subjunctive mood.
Penso che sia la scelta giusta.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | insceni |
| tu | insceni |
| lui/lei | insceni |
| noi | insceniamo |
| voi | insceniate |
| loro | inscenino |
Imperfect subjunctive (Congiuntivo imperfetto) Regular
The congiuntivo imperfetto is the past of the congiuntivo system after a past matrix clause and in se + congi. imperf. → condizionale with unreal conditions.
Se avessi più tempo, viaggerei ogni mese.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | inscenassi |
| tu | inscenassi |
| lui/lei | inscenasse |
| noi | inscenassimo |
| voi | inscenaste |
| loro | inscenassero |
Other forms
Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo) Regular
The affirmative imperativo reuses the tu form as 3sg for -are verbs, while other conjugations use the normal tu present. It is the direct command register.
Raccontami com'è andata l'esame.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| tu | inscena |
| lui/lei | insceni |
| noi | insceniamo |
| voi | inscenate |
| loro | inscenino |
Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Regular
Negative commands use non + full infinitive in modern Italian, which is a distinctive rule compared to other Romance languages. Polite or indirect “please don’t” can still soften the tone in context.
Non aprire quella finestra, per favore.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| tu | non inscenare |
| lui/lei | non insceni |
| noi | non insceniamo |
| voi | non inscenate |
| loro | non inscenino |